Chair-seat



(No Modl.) i l I 1 Y W. H. BARTBLS.

Chair Seat.

No. 240,641. Patented Aprfll 26,1881.

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WILLIAM H. BARTELS, OF CARTHAGE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR `TO THE .FAIR- FIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

CHAIR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,641, dated April 26, 1881. Application tiled March 16, 1881. (No model.)

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BARTELS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carthage, in the county of Hancock and State 5 of Illinois, have invented certain new and use` ful Improvements in Chair-Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enableothers skilled in the art to which it I0 appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

15 Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved chair-seat, partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.

My invention consists in a chair-seat composed of a layer of sheet metal having superzo posed thereon and glued or cemented thereto a layer of leather.

A represents an ordinary chair-frame, or a frame which may be attached to or removed from an ordinary chair.

2 5 B represents a layer of sheet metal, C a

sheet of leather or oil-cloth, and D an interposed layer of glue or cement. The leather and metal are cemented together, pressed, and cut into shape, and secured to the frame by means of nails or tacks suitable means.

While I am aware that chair-seats composed of metal and cloth, metal and felt, and metal and veneer have been patented, yet I am not aware that a chair-seat ot metal and leather 3 5 has been so used or patented, and leather is not an equivalent of cloth, felt, or veneer in kind of material; but my improvement in superposing leather on metal is superior to either of these in many respects. It isuless subject 4o to penetration by the cold of metal, is more durable, smoother, and cheaper, and it is also more perfectly secured and solidly cemented together with the metal than are the materials enumerated, and I, by my construction, 45 moreover secure these advantages over all other chair-seats.

What I claim is- A chair-seat composed of a layer ofsheet E, or by any other 3o metal having superposed thereon and. glued 5o or cemented thereto a layer of leather, substantially as set forth. 4

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BARTELS. Witnesses:

A. O. POTTER, J. W. BLoss. 

